caprinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaprīnos. By surface analysis, capr- +‎ īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

caprīnus (feminine caprīna, neuter caprīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. caprine (pertaining to goats)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative caprīnus caprīna caprīnum caprīnī caprīnae caprīna
genitive caprīnī caprīnae caprīnī caprīnōrum caprīnārum caprīnōrum
dative caprīnō caprīnae caprīnō caprīnīs
accusative caprīnum caprīnam caprīnum caprīnōs caprīnās caprīna
ablative caprīnō caprīnā caprīnō caprīnīs
vocative caprīne caprīna caprīnum caprīnī caprīnae caprīna

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: cãprinã (“goat wool”)
    • Megleno-Romanian: căprină (“goat wool”)
    • Romanian: căprină (“rugged sheep”) (obsolete)
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: chevrin (“made of goat hair”)
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: cabrina (“goatskin”)
    • Old Occitan: cabrin (rel. adj.)
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • “caprinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caprinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "caprinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • caprinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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